We’ve moved into basketball season, and the funky competitions have been put to rest. From here on out, most teams are playing at home, or in a relatively large neutral site (see: Crossroads Classic). So let’s take a look at last week’s attendance in NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball, shall we? As always, numbers are announced attendance (and if the team didn’t report an attendance, their game is excluded).
Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 13
The lowest 3?
3. UNH vs Worcester State – A 6-4 New Hampshire team hosted Division III Worcester State University (the Lancers!) and the crowd was a bit thin:
Those 427 UNH Wildcat fans that did show up were treated to a 100-66 UNH victory.
2. Southern vs Ecclesia College – The talent of the away team drops to another low as Southern took on Ecclesia College. They’re a non-NCAA member, questionably accredited under the “Bible College” exemption, and has fewer than 200 students. I suspect that a large portion of its income comes from playing these basketball games Either way, a not-terrible 7-2 Southern team drew a whopping 319 (that’s 80% more people than the full enrollment of Ecclesia!) and it looks like the place was rocking as Southern took the 96-69 victory:
As a side note, the problem might be that the Ecclesia defender is completely facing the wrong way.
1. Bryant vs Army – This one is a little baffling. Bryant is a bad basketball team (2-9) but is located in a decent sized metro area (outside of Providence). Army is 8-2 and has a decent “brand,” yet only 294 showed up to see the Knights take it 77-55. No crowd shots were available, theoretically because there were so few people there and nobody had thought there would be anything filmworthy (even in a digital age).
Here are some more stats for you, your weekly miscellany:
Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: UConn (vs Maryland), 19,812
Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: Southern (vs Ecclesia College), 319.
Smallest Power Conference attendance: Boston College (vs Maine) 1,411.
Average attendance this week: 5,433
Full attendance numbers by game:
Date | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance |
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2015-12-08 | Bryant | 55 | Army | 77 | 294 |
2015-12-13 | Southern | 96 | Ecclesia College | 69 | 319 |
2015-12-08 | UNH | 100 | Worcester St | 66 | 427 |
2015-12-10 | Colgate | 90 | Utica College | 68 | 488 |
2015-12-11 | USC Upstate | 70 | N Greenville | 58 | 522 |
2015-12-10 | St Francis (BKN) | 86 | NJIT | 92 | 575 |
2015-12-13 | Colgate | 75 | UNH | 59 | 582 |
2015-12-09 | Manhattan | 71 | Columbia | 72 | 714 |
2015-12-08 | E Michigan | 86 | Rochester (MI) | 58 | 729 |
2015-12-08 | Boston U | 69 | Harvard | 75 | 832 |
2015-12-08 | Loyola (MD) | 54 | Towson | 65 | 892 |
2015-12-09 | Maine | 69 | Dartmouth | 79 | 940 |
2015-12-10 | FAU | 72 | Ave Maria | 59 | 962 |
2015-12-09 | Hartford | 66 | Quinnipiac | 68 | 1014 |
2015-12-13 | UNC Asheville | 80 | Campbell | 60 | 1028 |
2015-12-08 | Duquesne | 89 | UMBC | 70 | 1030 |
2015-12-09 | N Colorado | 91 | York | 58 | 1052 |
2015-12-08 | Portland | 65 | Idaho State | 66 | 1089 |
2015-12-13 | Denver | 69 | Weber State | 68 | 1103 |
2015-12-10 | Lipscomb | 83 | Cumberland TENN | 53 | 1104 |
2015-12-13 | San Jose State | 83 | Montana State | 91 | 1116 |
2015-12-11 | UT-Rio Grande | 64 | UT Martin | 72 | 1169 |
2015-12-08 | Furman | 79 | Liberty | 56 | 1203 |
2015-12-09 | San Diego | 47 | Denver | 59 | 1249 |
2015-12-13 | Fordham | 92 | Coppin State | 55 | 1331 |
2015-12-09 | Pepperdine | 77 | LBSU | 75 | 1349 |
2015-12-13 | Miami (OH) | 72 | Wright State | 67 | 1397 |
2015-12-13 | Boston College | 91 | Maine | 60 | 1411 |
2015-12-08 | South Dakota | 79 | UMKC | 70 | 1423 |
2015-12-09 | Lafayette | 89 | Fair Dickinson | 91 | 1432 |
2015-12-10 | UMass Lowell | 60 | Boston U | 80 | 1438 |
2015-12-13 | High Point | 111 | Virginia-Wise | 74 | 1507 |
2015-12-08 | Rider | 64 | Wagner | 65 | 1508 |
2015-12-09 | Detroit | 75 | Toledo | 72 | 1523 |
2015-12-09 | Coast Carolina | 98 | UNC Wesleyan | 73 | 1538 |
2015-12-13 | N Colorado | 73 | Colorado State | 64 | 1576 |
2015-12-08 | Fordham | 89 | LIU Brooklyn | 84 | 1595 |
2015-12-11 | Chicago State | 53 | Valparaiso | 71 | 1733 |
2015-12-09 | High Point | 90 | UNC Greensboro | 72 | 1750 |
2015-12-08 | Mt St Mary’s | 81 | Bucknell | 73 | 1789 |
2015-12-13 | Milwaukee | 125 | Judson College | 74 | 1813 |
2015-12-08 | SF Austin | 87 | Henderson St | 54 | 1832 |
2015-12-08 | UT-Arlington | 97 | Bradley | 61 | 1833 |
2015-12-13 | Washington St | 84 | UTEP | 68 | 1917 |
2015-12-08 | Chattanooga | 91 | TENN Wesleyan | 63 | 2152 |
2015-12-13 | South Dakota St | 86 | UCSB | 68 | 2155 |
2015-12-13 | N Kentucky | 81 | Norfolk State | 60 | 2351 |
2015-12-10 | East Tenn St | 98 | Milligan | 47 | 2458 |
2015-12-09 | Colorado State | 97 | Ark Fort Smith | 72 | 2523 |
2015-12-11 | North Dakota | 67 | North Dakota St | 69 | 2593 |
2015-12-10 | Kent State | 73 | UL Monroe | 62 | 2689 |
2015-12-13 | W Kentucky | 75 | Indiana State | 62 | 2810 |
2015-12-09 | Utah Valley | 84 | Weber State | 81 | 2860 |
2015-12-09 | Oral Roberts | 88 | JohnBrow | 53 | 2908 |
2015-12-13 | USF | 46 | NC State | 65 | 2945 |
2015-12-08 | St Bonaventure | 80 | Vermont | 68 | 3021 |
2015-12-08 | Rutgers | 75 | Cent Conn St | 59 | 3131 |
2015-12-09 | Drake | 71 | DePaul | 74 | 3262 |
2015-12-08 | G Washington | 76 | Penn State | 66 | 3262 |
2015-12-08 | Saint Joe’s | 62 | Princeton | 50 | 3451 |
2015-12-09 | LA-Lafayette | 97 | McNeese State | 64 | 3571 |
2015-12-13 | UAB | 79 | Seattle | 73 | 3587 |
2015-12-08 | LA Tech | 82 | LSU Shreveport | 49 | 3612 |
2015-12-09 | Indiana State | 63 | Valparaiso | 69 | 3621 |
2015-12-08 | URI | 67 | Houston | 57 | 3633 |
2015-12-09 | Charlotte | 70 | Campbell | 76 | 3687 |
2015-12-09 | Davidson | 96 | E Washington | 86 | 3714 |
2015-12-10 | Idaho | 78 | Washington St | 74 | 3759 |
2015-12-08 | Tulsa | 90 | Iona | 81 | 3800 |
2015-12-13 | Monmouth | 73 | Wagner | 54 | 3901 |
2015-12-09 | Radford | 65 | Virginia Tech | 74 | 4013 |
2015-12-13 | Missouri State | 61 | Tulsa | 70 | 4052 |
2015-12-08 | George Mason | 65 | Northern Iowa | 73 | 4102 |
2015-12-10 | Missouri State | 88 | IUPUI | 74 | 4113 |
2015-12-13 | USC | 68 | Yale | 56 | 4117 |
2015-12-13 | ECU | 71 | NC A&T | 60 | 4151 |
2015-12-09 | Boise State | 67 | Loyola Mary | 66 | 4151 |
2015-12-13 | Illinois State | 63 | Murray State | 61 | 4239 |
2015-12-09 | Penn | 73 | Temple | 77 | 4378 |
2015-12-09 | Marshall | 82 | E Illinois | 76 | 4391 |
2015-12-08 | UCF | 67 | UMass | 63 | 4395 |
2015-12-10 | Penn State | 81 | Canisius | 67 | 4509 |
2015-12-13 | New Mexico St | 59 | Wyoming | 62 | 4562 |
2015-12-13 | Grand Canyon | 104 | Omaha | 108 | 4614 |
2015-12-08 | Georgia | 74 | Winthrop | 64 | 4621 |
2015-12-08 | Baylor | 75 | Northwestern St | 62 | 4627 |
2015-12-11 | TCU | 73 | PV A&M | 55 | 4658 |
2015-12-08 | Hawaii | 86 | Hawaii Hilo | 67 | 4725 |
2015-12-09 | Texas Tech | 68 | UT Martin | 49 | 4767 |
2015-12-09 | S Illinois | 74 | SIU ED | 76 | 4817 |
2015-12-13 | Virginia Tech | 88 | Lamar | 53 | 4870 |
2015-12-10 | Wyoming | 58 | Southern | 68 | 4989 |
2015-12-13 | FSU | 75 | SE Louisiana | 58 | 4992 |
2015-12-09 | Nevada | 119 | Fresno Pacific | 70 | 5014 |
2015-12-09 | Missouri | 85 | Omaha | 78 | 5022 |
2015-12-09 | Siena | 81 | Hofstra | 68 | 5099 |
2015-12-10 | Seton Hall | 78 | Troy | 69 | 5549 |
2015-12-09 | St John’s | 48 | Niagara | 44 | 5602 |
2015-12-08 | Washington | 92 | TCU | 67 | 5651 |
2015-12-08 | Gonzaga | 61 | Montana | 58 | 6000 |
2015-12-13 | Temple | 65 | Saint Joe’s | 66 | 6194 |
2015-12-13 | Seton Hall | 72 | St Peter’s | 46 | 6443 |
2015-12-13 | Villanova | 76 | La Salle | 47 | 6500 |
2015-12-13 | Northwestern | 77 | Chicago State | 35 | 6621 |
2015-12-13 | Pitt | 72 | Morehead State | 62 | 7065 |
2015-12-08 | SMU | 82 | Michigan | 58 | 7245 |
2015-12-13 | Clemson | 50 | Alabama | 51 | 7412 |
2015-12-08 | Notre Dame | 86 | Stony Brook | 61 | 7537 |
2015-12-11 | Pitt | 84 | E Washington | 51 | 7614 |
2015-12-13 | Houston | 105 | LSU | 98 | 7918 |
2015-12-08 | Miami (FL) | 66 | Florida | 55 | 7972 |
2015-12-13 | West Virginia | 100 | UL Monroe | 58 | 8323 |
2015-12-09 | Providence | 66 | Boston College | 51 | 8425 |
2015-12-13 | Notre Dame | 81 | Loyola (CHI) | 61 | 8653 |
2015-12-09 | Cal | 74 | Incarnate Word | 62 | 9324 |
2015-12-08 | Texas | 116 | UTSA | 50 | 9657 |
2015-12-08 | Xavier | 90 | Wright State | 55 | 10178 |
2015-12-08 | Minnesota | 70 | South Dakota St | 84 | 10378 |
2015-12-09 | Vanderbilt | 67 | Dayton | 72 | 10469 |
2015-12-09 | Wichita State | 56 | UNLV | 50 | 10506 |
2015-12-09 | Kansas State | 83 | Coppin State | 58 | 11409 |
2015-12-09 | Illinois | 69 | Yale | 65 | 11648 |
2015-12-08 | Marquette | 80 | San Jose State | 62 | 11696 |
2015-12-08 | OSU | 74 | Air Force | 50 | 11816 |
2015-12-09 | Purdue | 93 | Howard | 55 | 11983 |
2015-12-10 | San Diego State | 84 | Nicholls State | 47 | 12414 |
2015-12-13 | St John’s | 84 | Syracuse | 72 | 13473 |
2015-12-08 | Arkansas | 89 | Evansville | 76 | 13980 |
2015-12-09 | BYU | 80 | Utah State | 68 | 14048 |
2015-12-09 | Arizona | 85 | Fresno State | 72 | 14262 |
2015-12-13 | Iowa State | 78 | AR-Pine Bluff | 64 | 14284 |
2015-12-10 | Iowa State | 83 | Iowa | 82 | 14384 |
2015-12-13 | Arizona | 88 | Missouri | 52 | 14644 |
2015-12-09 | Michigan State | 78 | MD-E Shore | 35 | 14797 |
2015-12-13 | Nebraska | 70 | URI | 67 | 15496 |
2015-12-09 | Kansas | 92 | Holy Cross | 59 | 16300 |
2015-12-09 | Wisconsin | 67 | Milwaukee | 68 | 17287 |
2015-12-09 | Indiana | 90 | IPFW | 65 | 17472 |
2015-12-09 | Creighton | 83 | Nebraska | 67 | 17766 |
2015-12-08 | UConn | 66 | Maryland | 76 | 19812 |
2015-12-08 | Syracuse | 78 | Colgate | 51 | 21201 |
2015-12-09 | Kentucky | 88 | E Kentucky | 67 | 22544 |